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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I know people like to focus on the fact that he's only just come off his sophomore season, and therefore the sample size is limited... but that's what happened when we decided to eat up an entire year of his ELC but letting him play in a nothing game the day we signed him. So now we're in a position where we only have a very good rookie season and one season in the top 10 to work with while negotiating his first real NHL contract.
(I think he's the real deal, but I'm just pointing out that we made our bed and now we have to stfu and eat our crackers in it too.)
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That one year didn't matter at all in terms of his RFA situation. If we signed him to an ELC that next year, it would only be a two year contract because of his age.